EU reviews reports of menstrual issues in women after receiving COVID vaccines

The European Medicines Agency’s safety committee said on Friday it was reviewing reports of heavy menstrual bleeding and absence of menstruation from women who had received COVID vaccines from Pfizer (PFE.N)/BioNTech (22UAy.DE)and Moderna (MRNA.O). The assessment was in view of reports of menstrual disorders after receiving either of the two vaccines, both based on messenger RNA technology, and […]

Zardari ensures support for no-confidence motion against ruling PTI

ISLAMABAD: As the opposition prepares to launch a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan’s administration, former President Asif Ali Zardari promised the anti-government alliance’s leader, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, that he would endorse the motion. In a telephonic discussion with the JUI-F leader, the PPP co-chairperson voiced his support, while Fazl inquired about Zardari’s health […]

Govt trying its best to assist overseas Pakistanis: PM Imran

ISLAMABAD: While chairing a meeting on Roshan Digital Accounts in Islamabad on Friday, Prime Minister Imran Khan remarked that the government was taking extraordinary measures to assist foreign Pakistanis. “Overseas Pakistanis are our most valuable asset,” Prime Minister remarked, adding that the government is taking “unprecedented actions” to help them. The Prime Minister stated that […]

Agriculture sector needs to improve seed quality, pesticides: NA panel

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan imported $8 billion worth of wheat, sugar, cotton, edible oil, and other agricultural goods last year, according to a subcommittee of the National Assembly’s Special Committee on Agricultural Products. Shandana Gulzar, the subcommittee’s convenor, presided over the meeting. Nafisa Inayatullah Khattak, Ayesha Ghous Pasha, and others were present at the conference. The “Agriculture […]

Shah Mahmood Qureshi arrested amid protests

Bilawal acts at behest of his ‘teachers’ mindlessly: FM Qureshi

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi slammed Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Friday for “obstructing” his proposal for the creation of South Punjab province, claiming Bilawal was only acting on the orders of his “teachers” blindly. Qureshi, who has been trying to achieve a two-thirds majority for the constitutional modification required for […]